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- Bagpipes (20858 bytes)
3: .... The term is equally correct in the singular or plural, although pipers most commonly talk of "pipes...
16: ...ch is tied into the bag and which the pipe itself plugs into. The bag usually consists of leather, but...
23: ...s. [[Nero]] is generally accepted to have been a player; there are Greek depictions of pipers, and th...
25: ...iti", is traditionally said to have been the tune played as [[Robert the Bruce]]'s troops marched to [...
38: ...[pipe band]]s (civilian and military), and is now played in countries around the world, particularly c... - Nicole Kidman (11782 bytes)
8: ...Melbourne]], the Australian Theatre for Young People in Sydney, and then to the Philip Street Theatre...
13: ...]] of [[1990]] in [[Telluride, Colorado]]. The couple adopted two children, Isabella and Connor, and l...
19: ...n she co-starred with her husband as a married couple for the second time.
23: ...an injured her knee, so [[Jodie Foster]] had to replace her in ''[[Panic Room]]''. The following year ...
26: ...' character falls in love with a 10 year-old boy (played by [[Cameron Bright]]), who she believed to b... - Julie Andrews (8700 bytes)
9: ...old Andrews he didn't feel she packed the gear to play in My Fair Lady. After beating Hepburn for the ...
11: ...]]'', and ''[[S.O.B.]]'', in which she appeared topless, she was seen very rarely on screen during the...
13: ...haracter of Eloise, the moppet who lives at the [[Plaza Hotel]] in [[New York City]]. In [[2004]], she...
15: ...s|USA]] at the end of [[2002]] with [[Christopher Plummer]], [[Charlotte Church]], [[Max Howard]], and...
17: ... and, perhaps most notoriously, in ''S.O.B.'' she plays a character very similar to herself, who agree... - Bassoon (11661 bytes)
2: ...cal piece of wood, doubled over onto itself, and split into several sections so it can be disassembled...
6: ...the modern instrument,frequently constructed of maple, with thick walls to allow finger-holes to be dr...
10: ...knowledge made possible great improvements in the playability of the instrument. A Dutch painting, "De...
16: ...he desired tuning. <!--The bocal, made of ... and plated with ... and must be carefully matched to the...
18: ...istance between the widely-spaced holes with a complex system of keywork, which extends throughout nea... - Bombarde (846 bytes)
1: ...etween the lips. Typically pitched in B flat, it plays a diatonic scale over two octaves.
3: ...he [[pipe band]]s. Traditionally it was used in a duet with the [[biniou]] for Breton folk dancing.
5: ...n the player recovers while the other instruments play the echo. - Bass clarinet (3454 bytes)
3: ...rument]] where a written C sounds as B flat), and plays notes an octave below the "normal" B flat clar...
7: ...flat. Some models have an extended range and can play to a low C.
10: ... instrument in [[jazz]]. They almost universally play the bass part (usually similar or identical to ...
13: ... school bands, and are a good option for starting players.
16: ...bass clarinet is probably "The Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy" from [[Tchaikovsky]]'s ballet ''[[The Nu... - Concertina (3686 bytes)
6: There are several common kinds. To player familiar with one of these "systems," a conce...
10: ...button. The Anglo concertina is typically held by placing the fingers of each hand through a leather s...
13: ...ther. The English concertina is typically held by placing the thumbs through thumb straps and the litt...
15: === Duet concertinas ===
16: Various '''duet system''' concertinas, which are much more rarely... - Berimbau (11944 bytes)
2: ...se musical bows, and very similar instruments are played in the southern parts of Africa. The Berimbau...
4: A sample of an unaccompanied berimbau: [[Image:Sound-icon...
11: ...ping the two middle fingers around the verga, and placing the little finger under the caba硧s string ...
16: ...d to the lower portion of the Berimbau, used to amplify and resonate the sound.
21: Capoeiristas split berimbaus in three categories: - Portugal (61755 bytes)
15: ...s]], forming the [[Celt-Iberian]]s. Early Greek explorers named the region "[[Ophiussa]]" (Greek for "...
21: ...radle of Portugal." The Battle of S㯠Mamede took place nearby in 1128. (courtesy IPPAR)]]
25: An [[Islam]]ic invasion took place in [[711]]. Many of the ousted nobles took ref...
29: ...as formally recognized. Afonso, aided by the [[Templar Knights]], continued to conquer southern lands ...
31: ...torious John was then acclaimed as king by the people. - Gibbon (3982 bytes)
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18: ...mily is divided into four genera based on their diploid chromosome number: ''[[Hylobates]]'' (44), ''[...
20: ... often be heard for long distances, consists of a duet between the mated pair, the young animals sometim... - The Star-Spangled Banner (15265 bytes)
1: ...ence of Fort McHenry," with an explanatory note explaining the circumstances of its writing. Of the fi...
9: ...chrane over dinner, while they also discussed war plans. In the beginning, Ross and Cochrane refused t...
11: ...fifteen stars and fifteen stripes, is today on display in the [[National Museum of American History]],...
17: ...ic performance of "The Star-Spangled Banner" took place in October, when Baltimore actor Ferdinand Dur...
19: ...anner" during the [[seventh-inning stretch]]. The players and spectators stood at attention, took off ... - Music history of the United States (35788 bytes)
4: ... [[Navajo]] and [[Sioux]]. The music of these people was highly varied in form, and was mostly religi...
6: ... [[slavery|slave]]s. These [[African American]]s played a variety of instruments, especially includin...
19: ...ed States grew into a melting pot of different peoples. Immigration from [[China]] began in large num...
24: ... these slaves was primarily African in origin, displaying [[polyrhythm]] and other distinctly African ...
33: ... of the country; many of the rural Appalachian people travelled to cities for work, and were there lab... - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (12500 bytes)
1: ...d by later composers and his works are frequently played today.
11: ...linschule'' ("Essay on the fundamentals of violin playing") was published in 1756, the same year as Mo...
13: ...Duet (music)|duets]] and [[Duo (music)|duos]], to play with her. On one occasion when Mozart became il...
15: During his formative years, Mozart completed several journeys throughout [[Europe]], begin...
17: ...t.birth.500pix.jpg|thumb|left|250px|Mozart's birthplace at 9 Getreidegasse, [[Salzburg]], [[Austria]]]...
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